jeffrypilcher

NOTE: This has nothing to do with CSS, Dreamweaver or copying/pasting from Word (or other editing program).

This is a problem that is limited and specific to generic WordPress installs.

I agree w/ragnaripea…this topic has veered off-course.

A year and 2 versions later, this is still a huge nuisance. The visual editor is **STILL** stripping markup when copying/pasting. This happens when copying/pasting anything with formatting markup, internal links, and IMG links.

I have to remember to comb through each post before publishing and find/replace the “..” with “https://thefinancialbrand.com” It’s an extra step in my workflow, and a major pain in the ass. I’ve published a number of articles where I forgot to replace the “..” and it breaks links to my images, leaving readers with the “?” missing image box.

This is a very annoying bug that clearly needs to be fixed.

Media Temple acknowledged the problem was indeed with them:

“We took a closer look at your database server around the time you reported this issue and found that another user on your host server had been overusing resources. We had removed the user after several complaints, which should have resolved the connection issue you were experiencing.”

I’m not using the Visual Editor for markup. I’m not that stupid, I promise. I’m showing you what the HTML would look like.

To be clear: I’m copying stuff that’s been formatted already in the Visual Editor. When I go to paste it — again, in the Visual Editor — it is dropping the formatting and/or truncating the IMG SRC. What I’m showing above is a BEFORE and AFTER look at the HTML. I copy/paste, see something is messed up, then look at the HTML and wonder where the markup went.

This happens when I try to copy/paste an image from one location to another within the same post.

This happens when I try to copy/paste copy I’ve assigned a certain CSS class to.

This DOESN’T happen when I copy/paste <em> or <strong> text.

The images are fine. They all work. This problem showed up immediately after upgrading to WP 2.8.4.

I’m seriously skeptical that this is related to a plugin. I’ve got:

– Akismet
– cForms
– Feedburner Feedsmith
– RSS Footer
– Similar Posts
– SlideShare
– Star Rating for Reviews
– Tweet This
– Ultimate GA
– Video Embedder
– WP-Email
– WP-Polls
– WP-Post Ratings
– WP-Print

Within posts, WP is replacing the “../” with the current date of the post. So you end up with redundant and conflicting information when images are cut/paste.

SHOULD BE WHEN PASTED:
img src=”https://thefinancialbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/latest-stories.gif

NOW, AFTER COPY/PASTE BETWEEN ARTICLES:
img src=”../wp-content/uploads/uploads/2008/06/latest-stories.gif

WHICH, WHEN PUBLISHED, GENERATES SOMETHING LIKE THIS URL:
img src=”https://thefinancialbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/wp-content/uploads/uploads/2008/06/latest-stories.gif

WP is tacking the current date in front of an image that was already uploaded on another date. WordPress is trying to be “helpful” by swapping “../” as shorthand.

The problem, in short, is WP auto-generating IMG SRC paths using this logic when copying/pasting images:

(1.) WHEN COPY/PASTING IMAGES, REPLACE “https://domain.com/” WITH “../”

(2.) THEN, WHEN PUBLISHING, REPLACE “../” WITH:
https://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/currentyear/currentmonth/

(3.) WHICH YIELDS THE FINAL “IMG SRC” PATH WHEN PUBLISHED
https://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/currentyear/currentmonth/wp-content/uploads/imageyear/imagemonth

currentyear/currentmonth is where any current uploads might be located, but imageyear/imagemonth is the actual date the image was uploaded.

This new autoswapping shorthand WP is using (“../”) is new for me in this WP upgrade. I just moved from 6.X. Everything else works fine. And I can manually override each “../” by typing in my own (CORRECT!) img src path.